My Six Brothers Killed Me (Caroline) novel Chapter 33

Chapter 33 A Quack Doctor

How could Caroline possibly miss a scene like that?

“I’m coming home now!” Caroline said before hanging up.

Waterford Gardens.

Finished

Whether it was because the walls were thin or Helen was just that loud, Caroline could already hear her sobbing from outside the front door.

A faint smile crept onto Caroline’s face..

She wondered just how much Helen had gone through.

Pushing the door open, she stepped inside, and every pair of eyes turned to her.

The living room felt unusually tense,

“What’s the occasion? None of you went to work today?” Caroline asked casually as she bent down to change her shoes.

Liam snapped, “Not all of us are as cold as you! Helen was mistreated at the psychiatric hospital- how could we go to work like nothing happened?” He stared her down. “Now start talking. Why did the hospital think she was you? And where were you last night?”

Helen hadn’t come home by midnight, and her phone had been off the whole time.

With no other choice, he and Miguel drove to the psychiatric hospital–but the gates were locked tight.

The entrance was empty, not a soul in sight.

They waited there all night, and when the doors finally opened at sunrise, they went in and found. Helen.

The poor girl had been mistaken for a psychiatric patient … and had even been beaten up.

“I don’t really know what happened,” Caroline said, her voice shaking slightly, laced with just the right amount of hurt. “I dozed off in the car not long after I left last night. When I woke up, I was already at the psychiatric hospital. They took my phone and kept hitting me… I only managed to slip away this morning when no one was looking.”

“After I got out, I went straight to the hospital to get checked, Caroline continued. “Turns out, I’m completely fine.”

She placed the evaluation report on the coffee table, sliding it toward Liam.

Miguel picked it up instead, carefully going over the details with a serious look on his face.

The report covered a wide range of tests and clearly showed that Caroline had no signs of any

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Chapter 33 A Quack Doctor

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Perfect.

And with yesterday’s engagement talk going smoothly, everything was falling into place.

“A highly skilled doctor who doesn’t use any equipment? That’s hilarious. I guess from now on, we can throw out all the ultrasounds and ECG machines–just let the doctor look at you and call it a day. Think how much money hospitals would save! Too bad that kind of fairytale might work on people with no common sense… but anyone with half a brain wouldn’t buy it.”